By the time you read this, the Boston Celtics may have been crowned world champions for the 18th time and the Bayville duck boat parade has rolled through our streets. If not, things are getting…
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Where It’s At
Maine State Music Theater’s 2024 season opener “South Pacific” brings the south seas to Maine, if only for a short while. Riding on the breezes that blow are themes of war, racial prejudice,…
Last Thursday we welcomed Dr. Roger Fagan, of the Portland Rotary Club. Dr. Fagan told us about “Hearts for Hearing,” a Portland Rotary Club International Project in the Dominican Republic…
Welcome back! Get ready to sync your calendars with JPVIS’ list of events; we’re off to an early and busy start to summer. Improvement Day is this Saturday, June 22 at 9:30 a.m. It’s an…
Summer seems to be the season for moving. Whether you’re relocating for work, downsizing or sending a child off to college, who you hire to help with the move matters a lot. Cutting corners to…
Look for three items about Southport in this week’s paper: (1) “ A new era” at the Southport General Store; (2) the three graduates from the Southport Central School; (3) a sculpture installed in…
Every year, the VA publishes a comprehensive report that is required by Congress. These reports are easy to find online. This article provides some highlights from the 2023 report that I found…
Out of Our Past
This is a continuation of my attempt to figure out what the East Boothbay shipyard guys were carrying in 1951, as laid out in the prior article. I knew Bob Dighton worked off and on at Goudy…
Boothbay Region YMCA Community Catalyst for Good
How do you define the term Healthy Living? For some it means care and attention to their food intake. Others focus on exercise. Some may rely on their restorative time in nature, and the uplifting…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit…
I forgot to mention last week. We have a new game here to enjoy – every Thursday, beginning June 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – BINGO! I don’t think I have to explain the rules for this game. Just…
A Bird’s Tale
We’ve recently had the opportunity to spend some time in the Big Apple, otherwise known as New York City. There’s a lot going on down in that place – people streaming by on sidewalks everywhere.…
’Round Town
How often, on our walk to pick up the mail, do we think about the means of delivery? The person who delivers? The people who sort? The people who load? For the most part, I think, we just take for…
Joe’s Journal
Over the last week, our phones, TV sets, and newspapers brought us photos of world leaders standing on the cliffs overlooking Normandy’s beaches.
With the placid sea in the background,…
Age is an interesting phenomenon! When we are young, we think we will live forever. Things like long-term planning aren’t something most of us thought about. Oh, we know we have to save and we…
If you are reading this article Tuesday morning in the “Daily Catch, remember to vote on that day, June 11, for federal (except president), state, and local candidates. Voting booths at the…
We certainly are moving quickly through June and as we do each weekend brings more activity here at the Point. It’s hard to believe that it’s been six weeks since seasonal water turn on and I know…
Boothbay Region YMCA Community Catalyst for Good
Coming to the Y is a way to feel good. There are classes. A pool. Exercise machines. Pickleball. Youth programs. Childcare. Friendly faces. Motivation. And so much more. As summer arrives, there’s…
The Rotary Club was abuzz (what a great word) with activity last Thursday. Outside a hearty crew was raking, weed whacking, trimming bushes, working away, trying to beat the impending rain. And,…
Salt ’n Spar
Let’s talk worms, marine worms that is – “blood” and “sand” – prized bait for saltwater sports fishermen and that fetch between $12 and $15 a dozen on the Jersey shore. Once upon a time Wiscasset…
I am happy to report that all the news this week is good. In fact I will start with some great news from Wayne Lafferty, who reports the following:
I arrived early this year as the only…
May’s potluck was such a good time we are going to do it again on June 19. Irena and her team would like you to bring either a main or side dish or a dessert to share. If you are bringing…
Each year, the U.S. draws attention to the pernicious crime of elder abuse in our country. Elder financial exploitation – generally involving a known person who is deceiving and manipulating an…
New fresh vegetables will start arriving on Friday. The veggies are very generously donated by Town Village Foodbank Farm and Veggies to Table. Get your bag ready to bring over on Fridays…
For this o-fish-al update, we introduce you to the new name for our educational facilities at the Dept. of Marine Resources’ Boothbay Lab – the Gulf of Maine Discovery…
A Bird’s Tale
Imagine a place on the Maine coast where your dinner conversation might range from talking with an Indigenous Guardian about the experience of living and working in a remote First Nation in…
’Round Town
This time of year always makes me think of my visits with Barbara Cooney of “Miss Rumphius” fame, at her home in Damariscotta. The lupine plants are hitting high clover now in what seems to be a…
Joe’s Journal
I was all set to tell you how town officials and the USPS are trying to find a new location to serve the 500 or so postal customers in East Boothbay. I was all set to let you know that the paving…
YMCA Health & Wellness
The answer is short and simple: Plan ahead and make it a priority.
Regardless if you’re traveling for work or for pleasure, eating nutritious foods and completing workouts in can be more…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit…
Although the morning was damp and cold on Monday, May 27, people gathered both at the Southport Memorial Library and at the monument by the Southport General Store to honor our veterans. A…
Last Thursday we welcomed the Boothbay Region High School Class of 2024. It's an annual event, but each year it's always so special. We get to meet the graduating seniors, hear their plans, thank…
While Routes 27 and 96 have their own projects, the Bayville Road transformation continues and reportedly, the horses are quite happy with the progress and are excited to move in. Speaking of…
If you’re like most Americans, you walk right past a tool used to steal a reported $35 million from U.S. consumers last year each time you go out for groceries. Cryptocurrency ATMs are often…
Where It’s At
Alison Brown and her Band are returning to the Opera House Friday, June 7 and no one, I repeat, no one should miss this concert. Sure, you may have seen her there…
A Bird’s Tale
There is no doubt that the sight of an all-white, chicken-sized bird with feathered feet walking around on the ground somewhere here on the coast of Maine in spring would make just about anyone…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit…
’Round Town
One of the very most wonderful gifts of this photography business is the many friends I have made over the years. I have photographed with thousands of people both here in Maine, around the…
Joe’s Journal
The first good news of the week is that the state paving project on Route 27 is a go for this summer. The bad news is that that project may begin when our summer tourist season is in full swing.…
he Bayville Buzz is back and that can mean only one thing - summer fun is just around the corner. The bad news? There isn’t any!
After a winter and spring of storms and king tides,…
This week the Rotary welcomed Peter Bruun as our speaker. Peter is an artist and executive director of Bruun studios. He shared his personal journey, his development of Studio B, as well as…
It’s now Friday, just before the Memorial Day weekend. I hate to be the bearer of wet news, but next week will benefit all our flowers, vegetables, and certainly contribute to a taller lawn…
Boothbay Region YMCA: Catalyst for Good
Laughter was the last thing I expected when I visited the “LiveSTRONG at the Y” program, a gathering for individuals undergoing treatment for cancer. Yet joy permeated the room. Vulnerability, too…
Although I mentioned Memorial Day in last week’s column in connection with more banners being hung, I completely forgot to mention the parade. If this column comes to your eyes in time, a reminder…
Government programs are often the target of criminal scammers and Medicare is one of the biggest ones. Thankfully, a nationwide network of Senior Medicare Patrol volunteers often sees these scams…
It's that time of year again. Trees are leafing out, bulbs are bursting with color and the perennials are pushing up through…
A Bird’s Tale
Over the weekend, we were out doing some errands in Augusta when it occurred to us that we could easily add one more “errand” into our itinerary. Only a few minutes farther north from the Augusta…
